Toy vehicle pumper

ABSTRACT

A miniature toy vehicle having a tank for holding a quantity of water and a hose leading from the tank and a pumping device for pumping the water from the tank through the hose.

Umted States Patent 1 1 1 1 3,789,541

Good et a1. Feb. 5, 1974 TOY VEHICLE PUMPER 2,758,418 1/1956 Troppe46/202 Inventors: Thomas w. Good Excelsior; 2,914,887 12/1959Fleischmann 46/94 X Thwdm 5' zb'lmwsk" Plymwth, FOREIGN PATENTS ORAPPLICATIONS both of Mmn.

851,754 8/1956 Germany 46/215 [73] Assignee: Tonka Corporation,Minneapolis,

Minn. Primary ExaminerLouis G. Mancene Flledi 1972 Assistant Examiner-J.Q. Lever [211 App! N03 311,916 Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Carlsen, Carlsen& Strum [52] US. Cl. 46/215 [51] 1m. (:1 A63h 17/08 [57] ABSTRACT [58]held of Search 46/202, 215, 7, 8, 40, 41, A miniature toy vehicle havinga tank for holding a 46/91 95 quantity of water and a hose leading fromthe tank and a pumping device for pumping the water from the [5 6]References C'ted tank through the hose.

UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,640,417 8/1927 Marks 46/215 4 Claims, 3 DrawingFigures 1 TOY VEHICLE PUMPER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Small childrenenjoy playing with small toy vehicles which simulate their full sizedcounterparts. One relatively novel and uncommon vehicle is a pumper suchas used by forest rangers to carry and discharge water to aid inextinguishing fires.

The object of the present invention is to provide a toy vehicle whichsimulates such a pumper even to the extent where it can carry water anddischarge it in a forced stream through a hose.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention broadly comprises aminiature toy pickup truck with a tank for holding water mounted in thetruck box, the tank having a pump chamber formed therein with an inletand an outlet and a discharge hose connected to the outlet and apressure pumping means on the chamber adapted to force water from thechamber out through the discharge hose. The chamber has a valve on theinlet. The pumping means comprises a pressure bulb in the top of thechamber which when manually depressed will cause the valve to close andforce water in the chamber out through the hose and when released willallow the valve to open so that water will be drawn from the tankthrough the inlet into the pump chamber.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a miniature toy truck embodying thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the pumper.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the pumper taken online 33 of FIG. 2.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now more particularlyto the drawings reference numerals will be used to denote like parts orstructural features in the different views. The number denotes generallya miniature toy truck having a chassis 11 supported on ground wheels 12.A cab 14 and an upwardly opening truck box 15 are mounted on the chassis11. The structure as thus far described is identical to a conventionaltoy pickup truck.

The number 16 denotes generally the pumper unit which is carried withinthe box 15. Unit 16 has a tank member 17 and a cover member 18. The tankmember 17 has a tray portion 19 which fits snugly within and provides aliner for the truck box 15 and an upright rectangular wall 20 adapted tocontain a small amount of water W.

Cover member 18 has a downwardly opening boxlike shape with a top 21 anda rectangular side wall 22 having an outwardly directed flange 24 aroundthe bottom edge thereof. Flange 24 is provided with an upturned lip 25at each side which has laterally projecting teeth 26 which lock inopenings in the side wall of tray 19 to secure members 17 and 18together.

A funnel-shaped pump chamber 28 depends downwardly from the top 21. Thischamber is circular in horizontal cross section and the open upper endis closed by a pressure bulb or cap 29 of resilient material such asrubber. The lower end of chamber 28 has an inlet 30 which is closed by aball 31. An outlet nipple 32 on chamber 28 has one end of a flexiblehose 34 connected thereto. Hose 34 extends from the nipple 32 rearwardlythrough a collar 35 in the rear portion of top 21. A spiral spring 36held under slight longitudinal compression encircles the hose 34 betweenthe nipple 32 and collar 34. The rear portion of top 21 is configured at38 to simulate a hose reel enclosed within a rectangular wall 39 andbeside the reel 38 an opening 40 is provided in the top to facilitatefilling tank member 17 with water.

In use the tank is filled through opening 40 to a level somewhat belowthe top of wall 20. Some of the water will enter inlet 30 and risewithin the pump chamber 28. The chamber may be primed by depression andrelease of bulb 29. When the pump chamber is filled with water as shownin FIG. 3, depression of bulb 29 will cause water from the chamber to beforced outwardly through outlet nipple 32 and hose 34 in a fine stream.Ball valve 31 will prohibit any escape of water through inlet 30. As thebulb 29 is then released it will pop upwardly to the position shown inFIG. 3 and the vacuum in the chamber will cause replacement water to bedrawn from the tank upwardly through inlet 30 into the chamber to beejected with further pumping operation.

Spring 36 serves to stiffen the portion of hose 34 within the tank sothat the hose cannot be pushed inwardly through sleeve 35 into the tank.It also prevents relative rattling movement between the members 17 and18.

Having now therefore fully illustrated and described our invention, whatwe claim to be new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy pumper comprising,

a. a miniature toy truck having an upwardly opening truck box,

b. a liquid tank mounted in the truck box and having an opening in thetop thereof for filling the tank with water,

0. means forming a closed chamber within the tank and having an inletand an outlet,

d. a valve in the inlet permitting water to pass from the tank into thechamber but not in a reverse direction,

e. a discharge hose connected to the outlet, and

f. a pump means on the chamber for forcing water from the chamber outthrough the discharge hose.

2. The subject matter of claim 1 wherein said pump means comprises apressure bulb of flexible resilient material mounted in the top of thechamber.

3. The subject matter of claim 1 wherein said chamber has afunnel-shaped lower portion with the inlet at the bottom thereof, andsaid valve comprising a ball seated in said funnel-shaped portion.

4. The subject matter of claim 1 wherein a portion of the length of thedischarge hose is disposed within the tank, and said portion beingencircled by a spiral spring.

1. A toy pumper comprising, a. a miniature toy truck having an upwardlyopening truck box, b. a liquid tank mounted in the truck box and havingan opening in the top thereof for filling the tank with water, c. meansforming a closed chamber within the tank and having an inlet and anoutlet, d. a valve in the inlet permitting water to pass from the tankinto the chamber but not in a reverse direction, e. a discharge hoseconnected to the outlet, and f. a pump means on the chamber for forcingwater from the chamber out through the discharge hose.
 2. The subjectmatter of claim 1 wherein said pump means comprises a pressure bulb offlexible resilient material mounted in the top of the chamber.
 3. Thesubject matter of claim 1 wherein said chamber has a funnel-shaped lowerportion with the inlet at the bottom thereof, and said valve comprisinga ball seated in said funnel-shaped portion.
 4. The subject matter ofclaim 1 wherein a portion of the length of the discharge hose isdisposed within the tank, and said portion being encircled by a spiralspring.